Grovesred

Oh bugger.

Wish I could get up there for this, alas I cannie.

On behalf of all non Perth saintees can I request that you lads get as many photos for us as possible. It would be greatly appriciated.

Amen to that, plus video clips of people making drunken asses of themselves, please

As for the glory hunters, we're having the same debate at York, with 15,000 of our regular crowd of 2,500 looking set to make the trip to Wembley on Saturday

As far as I'm concerned, they're all welcome. I'd love to see both my clubs achieving regular success and tempting the once-a-decade people to come along more frequently, and help fund further success.

Slightly off-topic, but a couple of years ago I did some renovation work in the dressing rooms at Bootham Crescent. The preferred place for players to leave their mark would appear to be the underside of the benches; we found ancient graffiti and unflattering cartoons of various players' mothers (don't ask ).

We added some material of our own, and intend returning to buy, beg, or steal the benches as souvenirs when (if) the ground is demolished when we move to our new home.

The crucial difference between the Ebbsfleet fiasco and this, is that this is proper suppporters trying to save their club, whilst Ebbsfleet only emerged as the club to be bought late in the day; people were recruited on the basis of buying a club, almost any club.

Good luck Stirling, I hope this is a resounding success for you.

Have to (reluctantly) plump for Sheff U.

With Boro and the Codheads both in freefall, the prospect of no clubs in the top flight would be a bit of a blow to Yorkshire pride.

You should have set up machine gun emplacements to keep them away.

£25 bet placed last July looking good for a bottle or two of champers :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

It grows on you - I like it now, but I think you need to have seen how crap we've been all season to get it

Current voting on the message board has it:

Fantastic - 45%

Comedic - 20%

Ironic - 20%

Bobbins - 12%

Can't decide if this is the worst football song ever, or so cheesy it's almost good

http://www.myspace.com/chuitar

The feckers have axed hundreds of jobs in York, too. Makes me relieved they didn't think I was good enough to work for them a few years ago!

The celeb that brasses me off most is also Mr Richard "dont bother sending me any fan mail because I wont answer it" Starkey. Prat.

My employer treats sick leave as a disciplinary matter. Quite a lot of people at our place are on warnings as a result.

Been to only two international games (England v Holland, Scotland v N Ireland, both early 1980s) and was bored witless on each occasion.

Never been able to kindle much interest since, though I do tend to back whoever England are playing to wind people up and create some entertainment for myself

I'd love to play York in a pre season friendly. Looks a cracking wee stadium.

I'd love that too!

Wee, certainly (capacity is about 9500), but I don't know about cracking It's a bit run-down and out-dated in many ways, and the mortgage and cost of upkeep mean the club is spending a couple of hundred thousand a year on it before they can even think about a playing budget.

Moves are afoot to build a new stadium, but progress is painfully slow.

Hopefully, it'll just be a consilation goal - 'mon the boro!

What sort of crowd do you think you'll take down? I was there for Stevenage vs. Kidderminster two years ago and we must have had about 30,000 there. I wouldn't expect as big a crowd this time as the novelty factor will be gone but I would still expect at least 20,000.

Jog on

Are you a enough of a Stevenage fan to be making the trip to Bootham Crescent for the dress rehearsal on March 31st

Well done the Minstermen

Good goal he took it well.

How is Sodje playing, haven't seen his name much recently

Sodje hasn't been getting much of a look in lately; went off the boil a bit. He scored in last week's 1-1 draw at the mighty Forest Green, but that was his first since (I think) December. In the meantime, he's slipped behind Brodie, McBreen, and Boyes (cue the sexually ambiguous chants of "We all love Boyes" from the City faithful ) in the pecking order.

As for how many we'll take to Wembley, it's very difficult to predict but I'd hazard a guess at 10,000+. Plenty of part-timers came out of the woodwork on Saturday; saw people I've not seen since we dropped out of the League.

Patchy tbh

...but no complaints about how he took this one (4 mins 25 secs)

Is he playing well for you?

Patchy tbh

I was made up when he signed for us, but he's only rarely matched his performances on loan before he signed for Saints.

He's off back to Australia at the end of the season to play for Queensland Fury alongside Robbie Fowler.

...after scoring the second goal in York City's 2-1 victory over Telford in the FA Trophy semi-final (agg 4-1):

http://www.mainlyfax.fotopic.net/p57045864.html

Hopefully he'll find a goal to match the one he scored at Hampden last season

1. Douglas Craig for crimes against York City FC and football

2. John Batchelor ditto

3. Margaret Thatcher before the attempts to rehabilitate the loathsome wretch succeed

4. Nick Griffin

5. Gordon Brown

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/livingston/7913952.stm

More non-payment of wages!!!

pause for thought for any club failing to pay its players:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/7886474.stm

Even poor old Boro's players are getting done over - http://www.thepress.co.uk/news/4152476.Thief_who_stole_soccer_star_Gary_O___Neil___s_Ferrari_gets_ten_months/

Mind you, if I had a car like that, I don't think I'd be leaving the keys in the ignition...

Slightly disappointed that there's only 117 signatures on this so far.

A bit of a sterile moan really, as I don't have any suggestions how to promote it!

Having had a cursory glance at the site, I can see plenty I disagree with, but nothing much that I find massively offensive as I would were I to take a similar tour of a Nazi site such as the BNP's.

Excitement was high at Grovesred Towers on Friday night as I checked the numbers for the Euromillions syndicate at work.

One of our lines proved to be a winner, but it won't change a thing. I'll go into work on Monday morning as if nothing has happened.

Not sure when I'll be able to pick up my 53p though.

1. How long have you supported Saints?......been following their fortunes for about 15 years... can't call myself a supporter because I so rarely see them play. That's the reason why some of the following will be patchy...

2.Who's the best Saints player you have ever seen?........ O'Boyle? Scotland? McBreen actually scored for York the other night, so maybe I'll nominate him for now

3.Are you a season ticket holder?...............................Not at McDiarmid

4.If Saints lose, does it ruin your week or do you get over it quickly?.......Disappointed but get over it in a day (more if it was Rangers beat us)

5. Wedding ( not family) or Saints match................Match

6. Do you attend away games?.All/nearly all/ a few/Not at all... very few

7.Have you ever told a lie to go to a Saints game?.........not yet

8.Do you really hate Dundee F.C.?....................................Not really, just a healthy disdain

9.Would you plan holidays to avoid missing a game?...............no

10. Hospitality or normal seat at McD?............................standing

11. Favourite away ground?........................................Berwick, it's closest to home

12. Opposition player ( past or present) you dislike the most?....despise them all equally for ninety minutes

13.What was the last match you were at, that Saints were not involved in?....York City v Kidderminster on Wednesday, City won 13-12 on penalties

A few about you now....

14. You are sent to a desert island and only allowed to take three items of food..What would they be?............... Chicken Pathia, Bacon, Eggs.

16.Where's your favourite holiday destination?..............Scotland (looks almost exotic from down here)

17. A quiet night in or a wild night on the razz?............Having just knocked off for the weekend, Razz is on the cards.

18. Favourite film?............................................. Salt of the Earth

19. Films....Comedy/Drama/Sci-fi/Romance/other?.............Drama

20.Summer/Winter/Spring/Autumn?..............................After trudging home through the snow, spring is very appealing

21. What do you do for a living?.................................Records Controller

22. Do you smoke?............................................ .......Not for 17 years:cool:

23. Credit card or cash?............................................Cash

24. What newspaper to you read?............................The Press, or I did til it went up to 45p this week.

And finally..

25. If you could pick any five people from any time in the history of the world to have dinner with, who would you pick?

Lenin, Trotsky, Marx, Engels, Luxemburg. When we'd polished of a bottle of vodka apiece we'd go round to Stalin's and give him a fecking good kicking.

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